US1199950A - Sleeve-adjuster. - Google Patents

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P. H. WEIIRY.v

SLEEVE ADIUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I7, 1914.

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l 'PERCY HERBERT wnAnmor Tanna-NOVA scoTIA; CANADA.

. sLnnvE-ADJUSTER.

To all whom t may concern.' 4 y n Be it known that I, Pliner HERBERT WEARY, a subject of lthe King Vof Great Britain, of the town of Truro, in the county of Colchester, Province of NovaV Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Sleeve- Adjusters, of which the following is the specification. y

This invention relates to sleeve adjusters particularly adapted for shirts and the like and the objects of the invention are to facilitate in adjusting the length of the sleeve as is found necessary or convenient, to simplify the construction so that the shirt loses nothingrin appearance while at the same time no discomfort is experienced by the wearer.

A further object is to permit of the shirt being freely laundried without the liability of damage.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of parts described in this specification and illustrated in the drawings that formV part of the same, and in which Figure 1 shows part of a shirt with the device fitted thereto, but with the sleeves'at their normal full length. Fig. 2 shows part of the same shirt as Fig. 1, but with the sleeve partly contracted, by the use of my invention. Fig. 3 shows in diagrammatic sectional elevation the arrangement of the 4 various fabrics in their preferable form during assembly, indicating one way of securing the tape-guard or channel to the garment. Fig. 4 shows the arrangement indicated in Fig. 3, after assembly, and with the tape in position. Fig. 5 shows the method of securing the tape and its guide on the arms of the garment, which may be used in conjunction with the method indicated in Fig. 4, for attachment to the body portion of the garment. Fig. 6 shows an alternate method of securing the tape in the arm-portion of the garment. Fig. 7 indicates a further alternative for securing the tape to the garment.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure.

Referring to the drawings, and especially to Figs. 1 and 2, 1() represents a shirt, having the body portion 11, the yoke or shoulder portion 12, and the arm portions 13. A sleeve-adjusting tape 14- is secured to the Specication of Letters Patent.

sleeveV at the vpoint 15 a little below the,

to the shoulders 18, and from there on to a point 19 approximately at the center of the back ofthe yoke, where it meets the casing from the other sleeve. It is not essential that the casings meetfabsolutely, and for that matter they might only extend to the shoulders of the garment. The tape 14 rests loosely along the casingl and is arranged to protrude from each of the casings at their ends remote from the sleeves; so that by pulling the protruding lengths of tape, the arm is contracted between theV elbow and shoulder parts. On the first pulling of the tapes, the whole length of the containing channel 17 is rucked, but by straightening out the yoke portion, the garment sleeve assumes the position illustrated in Fig. 2.

The tape-ends are preferably tied together, as at 20, in F ig..1. The method of manufacture of the channel 17 which I prefer is illustrated in Figs.V

3, 4 and 5, in which 21 represents the pieces of the yoke fabric between which are in- Patented Oct. '3, 1916. Application filed January 17, i914. 'serial No. 812,809. i

usedto form the channel (see Fig. 4, where the channel is bent and sewn into place. Dotted lines 23 represent sewing). In this method of assembly, the additional piece 22 is made the whole length of the channel, so that it protrudes past the shoulders at either side of the yoke and body portions of the garment; and after the addition of the sleeves to the garment, the additional piece is preferably secured to the sleeves as indicated in Fig. 5.

A method that mightbe used for the sleeves, is indicated in Fig. 6, where the fabric of the sleeve is bent around on itself in the usual fashion, and sewn together in twoplaces; 24 represent the two edges of fabric coming together, and having the tape 14 arranged between the lines of sewing 23. y A

Fig. 7 depicts the idea shown in Figs. 3 and 4, being appliedto the sleeve portions vinstead of to the yoke and body portion; in ,this case the method of securing the channel across the yoke, would be as in Fig. 5.

Again, the channel may be applied to the garment superlioially the whole distance that it is needed, as shown in Fig. 5, after the garment is otherwise completed.

The loose tape-ends may protrude and be fastened either on the inside or the outside of the garment.

What I claim as my invention is In a shirt and in combination, a casing formed of a piece of material having its lower end embraced by the yoke of the shirt and having its upper edge secured to the yoke, the said piece of material extending beyond the shoulder and superimposed Gopis of this patent may be obtained for over the seam of the shirt sleeve and secured thereto, a pair of tapes secured to the shirt approximately below the elbow of the sleeve and passing through the said casing and having the free ends protruding from .the casing intermediate of the back of the shirt, as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. PERCY HERBERT WEARY.

Witnesses: v A. J. CAMPBELL, WARREN OGILVIE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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